'We need a moonshot for long COVID': What we know (and don't know) about the illness
Nearly one in four adults who contracted COVID-19 have developed long COVID symptoms, according to the latest Census report.
This hour, Dr. Akiko Iwasaki, an immunobiology expert at Yale who is focused on researching long COVID, joins us to share what we know and don't know about the illness, and the many ways it can manifest.
The Patient-Led Research Collaborative has authored several seminal surveys and studies. We also hear from co-founder Lisa McCorkell about this bank of patient-led research. She says, "We need a moonshot for long COVID: at least a billion dollars a year in research…
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